diff --git a/srcpkgs/transmission/patches/patch-qt_favicon_cc b/srcpkgs/transmission/patches/patch-qt_favicon_cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a73b0b52e6..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/transmission/patches/patch-qt_favicon_cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
---- qt/favicon.cc.orig	Fri Aug  9 04:45:47 2013
-+++ qt/favicon.cc	Thu Aug 22 16:39:50 2013
-@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@
- #include <QNetworkAccessManager>
- #include <QNetworkReply>
- #include <QNetworkRequest>
-+
-+#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050000
- #include <QStandardPaths>
-+#else
-+#include <QDesktopServices>
-+#endif
- 
- #include "favicon.h"
- 
-@@ -40,7 +45,11 @@ Favicons :: ~Favicons( )
- QString
- Favicons :: getCacheDir( )
- {
-+#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050000
-     const QString base = QStandardPaths::writableLocation (QStandardPaths::CacheLocation);
-+#else
-+    const QString base = QDesktopServices::storageLocation( QDesktopServices::CacheLocation );
-+#endif
-     return QDir( base ).absoluteFilePath( "favicons" );
- }
- 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/transmission/patches/patch-qt_file-tree_cc b/srcpkgs/transmission/patches/patch-qt_file-tree_cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 1adf2e9acbc..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/transmission/patches/patch-qt_file-tree_cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
---- qt/file-tree.cc.orig	Fri Aug  9 04:45:54 2013
-+++ qt/file-tree.cc	Thu Aug 22 16:40:53 2013
-@@ -885,7 +885,11 @@ FileTreeView :: FileTreeView (QWidget * parent, bool i
-   for (int i=0; i<NUM_COLUMNS; ++i)
-     {
-       setColumnHidden (i, (i<FIRST_VISIBLE_COLUMN) || (LAST_VISIBLE_COLUMN<i));
-+#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050000
-       header()->setSectionResizeMode(i, QHeaderView::Interactive);
-+#else
-+      header()->setResizeMode(i, QHeaderView::Interactive);
-+#endif
-     }
- 
-   connect (this, SIGNAL(clicked(const QModelIndex&)),
diff --git a/srcpkgs/transmission/template b/srcpkgs/transmission/template
index 46c2db962ef..dcbe14bc724 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/transmission/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/transmission/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'transmission'
 pkgname=transmission
-version=2.82
+version=2.83
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-nls --enable-cli --enable-daemon --enable-utp"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.transmissionbt.com/"
 license="MIT, GPL-2"
 distfiles="http://download.transmissionbt.com/files/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=3996651087df67a85f1e1b4a92b1b518ddefdd84c654b8df6fbccb0b91f03522
+checksum=b0e1b050167e7f71b68e01a8d55b984a828fe880df9abfbc6281cb2a0d7d1433
 
 if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	makedepends+=" qt-devel"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ post_build() {
 	# Build the qt frontend.
 	cd qt
 	qmake qtr.pro
-	make ${makejobs}
+	make CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -std=c++11" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" ${makejobs}
 }
 
 post_install() {